Sunday 4 December 2016

FINA World Swimming Championships

FINA World Swimming Championships: Reading a News Article Task

1. Browse through the following news articles about the FINA World Swimming Championships (found at the bottom of this blog post).
2. Choose ONE article to complete your assignment.
3. Assignment, list the following information found in the article, INDEPENDENTLY, on a lined sheet of paper then submit to your teacher.
   
   
Article title:
Author:
Who:
What:
Where:
When:
Why:
How:
Any other interesting details:

4. Search the FINA website http://finawindsor2016.com/ for:

  • how many swimmers will compete
  • the events taking place on Wednesday
  • the building of the pool 
  • how many countries are competing
  • the different countries that will have swimmers competing
  • what type of swimming race this competition focusses on
  • who the mascot is and why this mascot was chosen


Articles (if there is a video with the article, please watch the video):
http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/fina-world-championships-entertain-with-power-speed

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/fina-athletes-try-out-pool-during-team-practice?__lsa=de53-522c

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/fina-swimmers-get-a-little-canadiana-as-they-arrive-in-windsor

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/fina-swimmers-get-a-little-canadiana-as-they-arrive-in-windsor

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/the-pool-is-ready-excitement-is-building-for-fina-world-championship


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